CVE-2011-0021

Publication date 25 January 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in cdg.c in the CDG decoder in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted CDG video.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vlc 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Fixed 1.1.4-1ubuntu1.3
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.0.6-1ubuntu1.4
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
vlc